Telephone Lines of the World - statistics and charts as map, diagram and table

Rank (total)	Country	Telephone Lines (main lines)	per Capita (main lines)	Date
1	China	365,600,000	0.277	2007
2	United States of America	150,000,000	0.494	2008
3	Germany	51,500,000	0.625	2008
4	Japan	47,579,000	0.374	2008
5	Russia	44,200,000	0.314	2008
6	Brazil	41,141,000	0.214	2008
7	India	37,540,000	0.032	2009
8	France	35,909,000	0.578	2008
9	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	33,209,000	0.545	2008
10	Indonesia	30,378,000	0.128	2008
11	Vietnam	29,591,000	0.344	2008
12	Iran	24,800,000	0.376	2008
13	Korea (South)	21,325,000	0.433	2008
14	Mexico	20,539,000	0.187	2008
15	Spain	20,200,000	0.499	2008
16	Italy	20,031,000	0.344	2008
17	Canada	18,250,000	0.549	2008
18	Turkey	17,502,000	0.243	2008
19	Taiwan (Rep. of China)	14,273,000	0.623	2008
20	Ukraine	13,177,000	0.286	2008
21	Egypt	12,011,000	0.147	2008
22	Poland	10,336,000	0.268	2008
23	Argentina	9,631,000	0.237	2008
24	Australia	9,370,000	0.455	2008
25	Netherlands	7,324,000	0.440	2008
26	Thailand	7,024,000	0.107	2008
27	Colombia	6,820,000	0.152	2008
28	Venezuela	6,304,000	0.239	2008
29	Greece	5,975,000	0.557	2008
30	Sweden	5,323,000	0.588	2008
31	Romania	5,036,000	0.226	2007
32	Switzerland	4,820,000	0.636	2008
33	Pakistan	4,546,000	0.027	2008
34	Belgium	4,457,000	0.428	2008
35	South Africa	4,425,000	0.101	2008
36	Malaysia	4,292,000	0.170	2008
37	Portugal	4,121,000	0.386	2008
38	Hong Kong	4,108,000	0.585	2008
39	Saudi Arabia	4,100,000	0.146	2008
40	Philippines	3,905,000	0.042	2008
41	Belarus	3,718,000	0.384	2008
42	Syria	3,633,000	0.184	2008
43	Chile	3,526,000	0.214	2008
44	Sri Lanka	3,446,000	0.163	2008
45	Kazakhstan	3,410,000	0.222	2008
46	Algeria	3,314,000	0.098	2008
47	Austria	3,285,000	0.400	2008
48	Hungary	3,094,000	0.312	2008
49	Serbia	3,085,000	0.304	2008
50	Morocco	2,991,000	0.087	2008
51	Israel	2,900,000	0.408	2008
52	Peru	2,878,000	0.099	2008
53	Denmark	2,487,000	0.453	2008
54	Czech Republic	2,278,000	0.223	2008
55	Bulgaria	2,258,000	0.311	2008
56	Ireland	2,202,000	0.530	2008
57	Norway	1,928,000	0.415	2008
58	Ecuador	1,910,000	0.137	2008
59	Singapore	1,857,000	0.403	2008
60	Croatia	1,851,000	0.412	2008
61	Uzbekistan	1,850,000	0.065	2008
62	New Zealand	1,750,000	0.419	2008
63	Finland	1,650,000	0.315	2008
64	United Arab Emirates	1,508,000	0.326	2008
65	Guatemala	1,449,000	0.111	2008
66	Costa Rica	1,438,000	0.343	2008
67	Bangladesh	1,390,000	0.009	2009
68	Azerbaijan	1,311,000	0.160	2008
69	Nigeria	1,308,000	0.009	2008
70	Tunisia	1,239,000	0.119	2008
71	Korea (North)	1,180,000	0.050	2008
72	Yemen	1,117,000	0.049	2008
73	Moldova	1,115,000	0.258	2008
74	Cuba	1,104,000	0.097	2008
75	Slovakia	1,098,000	0.201	2008
76	Iraq	1,082,000	0.038	2008
77	El Salvador	1,077,000	0.152	2008
78	Puerto Rico	1,038,000	0.262	2008
79	Libya	1,033,000	0.167	2008
80	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1,031,000	0.225	2008
81	Slovenia	1,010,000	0.503	2008
82	Dominican Republic	985,700	0.104	2008
83	Uruguay	959,300	0.276	2008
84	Ethiopia	908,900	0.012	2008
85	Myanmar	829,000	0.017	2008
86	Honduras	825,800	0.108	2008
87	Nepal	805,100	0.027	2008
88	Lithuania	784,900	0.220	2008
89	Lebanon	714,000	0.180	2008
90	Bolivia	690,000	0.075	2008
91	Armenia	650,000	0.219	2008
92	Latvia	644,000	0.287	2008
93	Georgia	618,000	0.133	2008
94	Kuwait	541,000	0.208	2008
95	Jordan	519,000	0.084	2008
96	Estonia	498,100	0.381	2008
97	Panama	495,800	0.151	2008
98	Turkmenistan	495,000	0.096	2008
99	Kyrgyzstan	494,500	0.092	2008
100	Afghanistan	460,000	0.014	2008
101	Macedonia	457,100	0.222	2008
102	Cyprus	413,300	...	NA
103	Mauritius	364,500	0.286	2008
104	Paraguay	363,000	0.053	2008
105	Montenegro	362,000	0.534	2008
106	Tajikistan	360,000	0.050	2008
107	Cote d'Ivoire	356,500	0.019	2008
108	Sudan	356,100	0.009	2008
109	Zimbabwe	354,000	0.029	2008
110	Palestinian Territories	348,000	0.084	2008
111	Jamaica	316,600	0.113	2008
112	Albania	316,400	0.087	2008
113	Nicaragua	312,000	0.054	2008
114	Trinidad & Tobago	307,000	0.293	2008
115	Oman	274,200	0.083	2008
116	Qatar	263,400	0.284	2008
117	Luxembourg	260,600	0.536	2008
118	Kenya	252,300	0.007	2008
119	Malta	241,100	0.597	2008
120	Senegal	237,800	0.019	2008
121	Malawi	236,000	0.017	2008
122	Bahrain	220,000	0.306	2008
123	Cameroon	198,300	0.011	2008
124	Iceland	187,000	0.614	2008
125	Tanzania	179,849	0.004	2009
126	Macau	173,533	0.310	2009
127	Uganda	168,500	0.005	2008
128	Mongolia	165,000	0.055	2008
129	Madagascar	164,900	0.008	2008
130	Benin	159,000	0.019	2008
131	Barbados	150,000	0.532	2008
132	Burkina Faso	144,000	0.009	2008
133	Ghana	143,900	0.006	2008
134	Botswana	142,300	0.077	2008
135	Togo	140,900	0.024	2008
136	Namibia	140,000	0.067	2008
137	Bahamas	133,000	0.433	2008
138	Fiji Islands	129,100	0.139	2008
139	Guyana	125,000	0.162	2008
140	Angola	114,300	0.009	2008
141	Haiti	108,000	0.012	2008
142	Kosovo	106,300	...	2006
143	Somalia	100,000	0.010	2008
144	Laos	97,600	0.015	2008
145	Zambia	90,600	0.008	2008
146	Netherlands Antilles	88,000	0.390	2008
147	Mali	82,800	0.007	2008
148	Suriname	81,500	0.171	2008
149	Mozambique	78,300	0.004	2008
150	Brunei	76,600	0.201	2008
151	Mauritania	76,400	0.023	2008
152	Virgin Islands of the US	74,200	0.686	2008
153	Jersey	74,000	0.808	2008
154	Cape Verde	72,000	0.169	2008
155	Lesotho	65,200	0.031	2008
156	New Caledonia	63,000	0.280	2008
157	Papua New Guinea	60,000	0.010	2008
158	Bermuda	57,600	0.866	2008
159	French Polynesia	54,600	0.193	2008
160	Man, Isle of	51,000	0.698	1999
161	Maldives	50,396	0.127	2009
162	Guinea	50,000	0.005	2008
163	Gambia	48,900	0.028	2008
164	Cambodia	45,100	0.003	2008
164	Guernsey	45,100	0.686	2008
166	Swaziland	44,000	0.039	2008
167	Saint Lucia	40,900	0.237	2008
168	Eritrea	40,400	0.008	2008
169	Aruba	38,500	0.379	2008
170	Antigua & Barbuda	38,000	0.544	2008
170	Cayman Islands	38,000	0.794	2008
172	Andorra	37,400	0.516	2008
173	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	37,300	0.001	2008
174	Monaco	35,000	1.067	2008
175	Sierra Leone	31,500	0.005	2008
176	Belize	31,100	0.103	2008
177	Burundi	30,400	0.003	2008
178	Samoa	28,800	0.133	2008
179	Grenada	28,600	0.317	2008
180	Bhutan	27,500	0.040	2008
181	Gabon	26,500	0.018	2008
182	Tonga	25,500	0.214	2008
183	Northern Mariana Is.	24,700	0.285	2008
184	Gibraltar	24,000	0.857	2008
184	Niger	24,000	0.002	2008
186	Comoros	23,300	0.032	2008
187	Seychelles	23,200	0.282	2008
188	Greenland	22,800	0.405	2008
188	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	22,800	0.193	2008
190	Congo (Republic)	22,200	0.006	2008
191	Faroe Islands	21,800	0.448	2008
192	San Marino	21,300	0.711	2008
193	Saint Kitts & Nevis	20,400	0.515	2008
194	Liechtenstein	19,600	0.568	2008
195	British Virgin Islands	18,900	0.787	2008
196	Dominica	17,500	0.241	2008
197	Rwanda	16,800	0.002	2008
198	Chad	13,000	0.001	2008
199	Central African Republic	12,000	0.003	2008
200	Djibouti	10,800	0.021	2008
201	American Samoa	10,400	0.181	2008
201	Vanuatu	10,400	0.048	2008
203	Equatorial Guinea	10,000	0.016	2008
203	Mayotte	10,000	0.046	2008
205	Micronesia, Federated States of	8,700	0.081	2008
206	Solomon Islands	8,000	0.014	2008
207	Sao Tome and Principe	7,700	0.037	2008
208	Palau	7,500	0.356	2008
209	Cook Islands	6,700	0.306	2008
210	Anguilla	5,800	0.411	2008
211	Vatican City	5,120	5.494	2005
212	Saint Pierre & Miquelon	4,800	0.681	2008
213	Guinea-Bissau	4,600	0.003	2008
214	Marshall Islands	4,400	0.070	2008
215	Kiribati	4,000	0.036	2008
216	Turks & Caicos Islands	3,700	0.166	2008
217	Montserrat	2,800	0.291	2008
218	Wallis and Futuna	2,700	0.164	2008
219	Norfolk Island	2,532	1.385	2004
220	East Timor	2,400	0.002	2008
221	Falkland Islands	2,300	0.732	2008
221	Saint Helena	2,300	0.303	2008
223	Liberia	2,000	0.001	2008
224	Nauru	1,800	0.131	2008
225	Tuvalu	1,500	0.123	2008
226	Niue	1,000	0.693	2008
227	Tokelau	300	0.209	2008
228	Cocos Islands	287	...	1992
229	Pitcairn	1	0.022	2004
230	Antarctica	0	...	2001
	World	1,268,000,000	0.190	2008

For non-listed countries is no information available.

The total number of main telephone lines in use is reported.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2009-10-02)

2009-10-18HTTP://WORLD.BYMAP.ORG© TH. BRINKHOFF

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